The first collection was six t-shirts. The second is whole outfits: hoodies, trousers, jackets, custom hardware, and full leather. There was only one city to shoot it in.
Couture-level streetwear
Collection Two is not an ordinary streetwear drop, and it was never meant to be. It builds on the python and the black-and-white of the KA-SIG series, then goes further: edgier, more fashion-forward, and built on my years as a semi-professional American football player. The block-style letters and the structured shoulders come straight from the game. Full-leather cargo trousers and a cropped, leather-accented hoodie take the rugged essence of football and lift it into a top-tier garment. The KA Baller, a black leather hoodie with sculpted shoulders and the metal KA emblem, is the centre of it.
The shoot
I travelled to New York with fashion photographer Alessandro Amarante and shot the editorial on the streets of the city with Damaris Barkley, Anastasia Kolganova and Allie Fosheim. No studio. New York is where the culture that made this brand comes from, and the collection had to be seen there, in the grit and the light, on real corners. It was also in New York that I met Itsbizkit, who now wears a custom KA-SIG 001 and the KA Baller tee.
View the full New York editorial and the campaign films on the Projects page.
From New York to Paris
The New York work, together with the Los Angeles project, is on canvas in the KOLJA ANNUSSEK private showroom in Paris, next to the pieces themselves: the KA Baller, the leather trousers, the signature series. Everything in the editorial can be seen, and ordered, in person.
See the pieces in Paris
The private showroom in Paris is open by appointment only. Custom pieces are made to order; a piece bought in the showroom is final.
Book your visit at koljaannussek.com/contact-us or write to vip@koljaannussek.com. You can also reach us directly on WhatsApp.
Private Showroom Paris. By appointment only.
As featured in NY Weekly and LA Weekly.
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